GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Virginia Tech is backing out of three football games against East Carolina. The Hokies announced Saturday that they are replacing September’s scrubbed game at East Carolina and pulling out of scheduled games against the Pirates in 2023 and 2025. Virginia Tech didn’t specify who it will play next fall to replace […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — As No. 5 Virginia’s second-leading scorer, De’Andre Hunter needs to be assertive on the offensive end. Two straight subpar efforts motivated him to get back on track against William & Mary on Saturday. Hunter scored 18 points, Kyle Guy had 16 and the Cavaliers pulled away after halftime and beat the […]

Virginia State Police Trooper J.C. Reynolds is investigating a fatal crash in Giles County. The crash occurred Dec. 21, 2018 at 12:43 a.m. at the intersection of Route 460 and Route 626 in the Town of Pembroke. A 2015 Hyundai Elantra was traveling west on Route 460 when it ran off the left side of […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has called on state lawmakers to end the suspension of driver’s licenses of people with unpaid criminal or traffic court debt. During a speech on his state budget plan this week, Northam said people often don’t pay court costs because they can’t afford it. He said suspending […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery to remove two malignant growths from her left lung. It’s Ginsburg’s third bout with cancer since she joined the court in 1993. The court says the 85-year-old Ginsburg had the surgery Friday in New York and will remain in the hospital for […]

Alvin Robert Nixon, 72, of Dublin, VA, loving husband, father and patriot, completed his life’s journey on Thursday December 20, 2018. Alvin, a Purple Heart recipient, proudly defended our nation and its values with 20 years of service in the U.S. Army, serving three tours of combat duty in Vietnam. He retired from the military […]

PULASKI, Va. (AP) — The Virginia woman whose felony child abuse conviction in her 5-year-old son’s septic tank drowning death was reversed has had five years of probation trimmed from her sentence. The Roanoke Times reports an amended sentence filed Nov. 20 marks the end of the case of the death of Noah Thomas, who […]

Mary Sue Newsome-Peters of Pulaski, VA passed away after complications from heart surgery on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mary Sue was the oldest of five children born to Hubert Brooks and Belva Helen Altizer in Richlands, VA. She graduated from Richlands High School at the age of 16 and began her […]

Wanda Lou Arnold Jarrells, age 76 of Hiwassee passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at her home. Born May 13, 1942 in Wythe County she was the daughter of the late William Bentley Arnold & Minnie Pauline Aker Arnold. Her husband; Graham Jason “Dude” Jarrells, brother; William “Ricky” Arnold and wife Alice Arnold also preceded […]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 12 of his 20 points in the second half, and No. 13 Virginia Tech beat North Carolina A&T 82-60 on Wednesday night for its fifth consecutive victory. The Hokies (10-1) went 15 for 17 at the free-throw line and enjoyed a 42-20 rebounding advantage over the Aggies. Kerry […]